System and Method of Automated Wire and via Layout Optimization Description

1. A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium and usable by a computer in a process for designing and manufacturing an integrated circuit, the design structure comprising: a component to determine design parameters of a design layout including wiring placement and dimensions of a non-optimized via layout; a component to provide an optimized via layout comprising vias placed away from edges of the wiring and adjacent vias, wherein a width of the vias is reduced relative to the non-optimized via layout to effectively increase a spacing between adjacent vias or the edges of the wiring and the vias relative to the non-optimized via layout; and a component to at least one of: move the vias away from one another when they are a predetermined distance away from one another; and move the vias when they are a predetermined distance from the edge of the wiring.

2. The design structure of claim 1 , wherein the design structure comprises a netlist, which describes the circuit.

3. The design structure of claim 1 , wherein the design structure resides on storage medium as a data format used for the exchange of layout data of integrated circuits.

4. The design structure of claim 1 , wherein the design structure includes at least one of test data files, characterization data, verification data, or design specifications.

5. A design structure embodied in a computer readable medium and usable by a computer in a process for designing and manufacturing an integrated circuit, the design structure comprising: a component to determine design parameters of a design layout including wiring placement and dimensions of a non-optimized via layout; a component to provide an optimized via layout comprising vias placed away from edges of the wiring and adjacent vias, wherein a width of the vias is reduced relative to the non-optimized via layout, the non-optimized via layout having been stripped from the design layout, to effectively increase a spacing between adjacent vias or the edges of the wiring and the vias relative to the non-optimized via layout; and a component to at least one of: move the vias away from one another when they are a predetermined distance away from one another; and move the vias when they are a predetermined distance from the edge of the wiring.